NBC’s Keeping The Blacklist on Its List

It’s okay to get into The Blacklist without fearing it will be canceled halfway through the first season. NBC is happy with the performance of the show’s first few episodes and has ordered up another nine episodes, bringing season one’s total to 22 (a full season).

President of NBC Entertainment Jennifer Salke made the announcement, saying, “The many layers of Red Reddington and his mysterious reasons for getting into bed with the FBI seem to be fascinating to fans of this show. With great talent like James Spader and Megan Boone on board, as well our stellar executive producers and the whole cast and crew, we believe this outstanding series will continue to make NBC a big destination on Monday nights.”

The show is number one among the new dramas on NBC, ABC, CBS, and Fox this season and is averaging 12 million viewers.

In addition to Spader and Boone, the cast includes Diego Klattenhoff, Harry Lennix, Ryan Eggold and Parminder Nagra.

The Plot:

The Blacklist stars Emmy Award-winning actor James Spader as Red Reddington, a fugitive on the FBI’s Most Wanted list. Now, he’s mysteriously surrendered to the FBI and working with the feds to catch a “blacklist” of politicians, mobsters, spies and international terrorists under the condition that he speaks only to Elizabeth Keen (Boone), an FBI profiler fresh out of Quantico. Red’s true intentions have yet to be revealed.